New Zealand, which produces three percent of the world’s milk, announced this week its plan to cull about 150,000 cows to eradicate the disease Mycoplasma bovis. The largest mass animal ...

This year’s cull of 150,000 cows in response to Mycoplasma bovis is likely to mean good news for the Lowe family, New Zealand’s largest producer and exporter of hides, skins and rendering materials.